When to Use an Anti-raiding Provision
As an employer, you make countless investments in your employees. Whether your employees realize it or not, you commit major financial resources, time and training to make your staff a company asset. How do you protect your asset from being looted by...
Please Do Not Hire Google, Esq.
You have many choices when selecting a lawyer to assist your startup company…us lawyers aren’t exactly an endangered species. But one decision you should never make is to draft legal documents yourself. These documents are just too critical...
Buy-Sell Agreements: The Stock Redemption Plan
In a couple of previous posts, I discussed the value of buy-sell agreements for businesses with 2 or more owners and also one of the two major types of buy-sell agreements, the cross-purchase plan. This post is dedicated to the other main variation of...
Do You Own Your Website?
Most–if not all–entrepreneurs know that their website plays a vital role in the marketing and branding of their startup company. But do most entrepreneurs understand what they are really paying for when they hire someone to design and/or...
100 Blogs Every Entrepreneur Should Read
The folks at Bootstrapper have published a list of 100 Daily Must-Reads for Entrepreneurs. The list is organized by categories such as capital raising, managing debt and risks, staff management, venture capital, small business issues and marketing. I...
Buy-Sell Agreements: The Cross-Purchase
The cross-purchase is one of the two main ways (”stock redemption” the other) a buy-sell agreement can be structured to provide your company with a succession plan. Under a cross-purchase plan, each company shareholder agrees in advance to...
